What a prince…

That reminds me of the Claudine Longet Ski Invitational.

Icarus on Ice.

If you read only one story that comes across like a spinoff of “Veep” that would be hilarious if it weren’t true, make it this one — and make sure you read until the very end.

Since I used to teach postmodern theory and culture, and also because I am a person living on this earth, I think about this stuff nonstop, and glad the WeRateDogs guy has put this so plainly so people can understand

The algorithm fed me this today because I’m an old Chicagoan. And I’m going to feed it to you because it’s a hoot.

Wow. This is going to be a great job for whoever lands it!

Disney can’t spin off ESPN soon enough. Just turned on SportsCenter and it was hosted from Disneyland with one of the anchors wearing mouse ears.

When in doubt, I root for the country that’s more democratic.

This would be very bad for the Chicago area.

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

Was trying to think of who Sam Darnold looked like.

Wonder how Patriots owner Robert Kraft will seek relief from the disappointments and stress of the last few days.

First adman who manages to make AI seem useful and appealing gets a bonus — before getting pink-slipped because of AI.

I don’t think Ring realizes what it actually advertized.

So not even he watched the TPUSA show…

Much was gained, but something very important was lost when long-distance calls stopped costing a lot: Brevity.

Hate it when Olympics announcers refer to Team USA as “we,” “us” and “our.”

A subsequent Howard Cosell commentary from the 1968 Games…

You know who wouldn’t have failed to acknowledge boos for a US leader at the Olympics? This guy. From 1968…

Great choice.

Hey!

Oh boy! It’s time for the Olympics’ Conductors Race! Who’ve you got? Verdi, Rossini or Puccini?

It’s bad enough we’re subsidizing billionaire sports team owners to build stadiums. Then they turn around and price-gouge us on tickets and concessions? It’s absurd. But there’s a way we can fight back. Watch.

Solid reporting from NBC News, but it seems like something Tom Llamas should have asked him about rather than acting like a bobblehead during their hour together.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Billionaire newspaper owners aren't obliged to run their papers at a loss. The problem is that Bezos himself is responsible for running The Washington Post into the ground. He built it into something that was profitable and growing, then tore it apart. The losses are on him.

READ THIS THREAD. Simon lays out what is at stake with AI bullshit images and our political clusterf*ck. @audacityofdespair.bsky.social

Shirley Povich writing in 1962, with the most immaculate burn conceivable of the Redskins awful, vile owner George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to insist on an all white roster: "Jim Brown, born ineligible to play for the Redskins, integrated their end zone three times yesterday." RIP WaPo.

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Excellent reckoning from @peterbakernyt.bsky.social

Important 🧵…

Me too.

University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme. dailyillini.com/news-stories...

It’s almost as if her judgment isn’t entirely sound…

Bari Weiss said, “Let’s do the f—-ing news,” and yet…

“I can promise you we’ll be more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite or any one else of his era.”—Tony Dokoupil

The director of Melania movie

Look for Jeff Bezos’ last shred of dignity in the In Memoriam montage during the Academy Awards.

Someone told him that’s where Illinois elections are won and lost.

Tony Dokoupil’s mommy was unavailable.

Brooke Shields interviewing Tip O’Neill will never not make me laugh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eV6...

#RIP Catherine O’Hara

And the DOJ is mostly investigating how to not release certain names. It took six weeks to come up with *this* BS line?

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

When the idea of a Kool-Aid movie no longer seems like satire…

Yes. Look at the coverage and judge for yourself.

There is a glut of opinion in media, and never too much reporting.

This is the sort of puerile pap with which Tony Dokoupil would close Bari Weiss’ CBS Evening News. I must confess I’m curious about whether the kid will be fully vaccinated, though.